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The Awesome Gang were kind enough to interview me about my newest novel, BURN ME OUT! We talked about this book, and why it's so important to me, as well the writing process and one of my favorite authors! Check it out!  And if you haven't already, make sure you check out BURN ME OUT, too! 5-star-rated across the board by Amazon readers and going strong! 
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It's Western Wednesday, so here's a new to the site (steampunk-) western, free to read! Bo Jeter and the Iron-Horse Wind-up!  Close to eight years ago, I believe it was, I was approached by someone putting together an anthology of steampunk comics. They wanted a mixture of all sorts of genres with steampunk, and I thought a western was a good fit. The story, with art by Stefano Cardoselli and Peebo Mondia, came out wonderfully. Unfortunately, the anthology never did. I never again heard from the guy running it and eventually, the cover art disappeared from the publisher's site without the book ever appearing. Rather than let it sit on my hard-drive forever, I thought I'd share it here, so here it is: a free to read, full-color comic for your enjoyment! Click the button below or right here!  I came across a review of BURN ME OUT by Margaret Walker, hosted on reviewer Matt McAvoy's website, that is simply stellar. Perhaps the best review I've gotten of any of my work!  Here's one of my favorite quotes from the review: "Barrows convincingly describes the false psychology of the Mob, its illusion of power over life and death and the men who exploit that. His insights and vivid, imaginative prose raise the novel above other mafia works." That is very high-praise and the rest of the review is just as good. But don't take my word for it, read it for yourself and once you have, grab your own copy of the novel in print or on Kindle!
I'm updating a day later than usual because this is the biggest news of the year! BURN ME OUT is finally released! Click to start the video of the animated version of the cover! Al Vacarro is a made man, with all the honors and responsibilities that entails. But after a literal lifetime of violence in service to the Castella crime family, Al’s past is catching up with him and neither his present nor any future he can imagine seems to hold any hope for salvation. For the sake of his family and his very soul, he needs out of “the life.” But how does a man escape the only world he’s ever known? This is a story of blood and desperation, and these are the last twenty-four hours of life as Al knows it. BURN ME OUT is a very important and personal novel for me. It is, in large part, about things I've been dealing with over the last few years: desperation, depression, hiding the most significant part of yourself from everyone (especially those you love because hurting them is the last thing on earth you want) and a deep, aching desire to matter and be recognized for it. I really want people to read this novel and enjoy it, but I also hope readers can empathize with some of the characters and their situations. Few, if anyone, in this novel is a decent person, but I think they're very human and finding the humanity in bad people is just as important as finding it in the good ones. The book has been getting excellent advance reviews on Goodreads--5-stars across the board so far!--and I'm thrilled that it's now finally out in the world. It's available in print or on Kindle on Amazon and in print or on Book on Barnes & Noble. Please give it a chance and please let me know what you think!
Earlier this week, I was contacted by a Nate Wallace, an independent scholar of horror fiction, asking for permission to use references (and an image) from MYTHOS: LOVECRAFT'S WORLDS, the Lovecraftian comic I did with artist Hugo Petrus, back in 2016, published by Caliber Comics. Nate wrote an essay on "Pickman's Model" and its subject matter's depiction in art and included the adaptation from MYTHOS in it. He also gave it great praise, which I appreciate very much. He told me he presented this essay at NecronomiCon, the Lovecraft-themed convention in Lovecraft's home town of Providence, RI, to an excellent reception and wanted to include it in a new volume of a book series called Lovecraftian Proceedings, for which he was seeking my permission.  I was glad to give my permission and I'm grateful to Nate for his kind words and enthusiasm. I'm told the next volume of the book will be out at the end of September, so look out for that. Meanwhile, if you haven't already read MYTHOS, might I suggest now is a perfect time to check it out?  Just wanted to share another great, five-star advance review for BURN ME OUT!  BURN ME OUT is coming in September from Black Rose Writing and there's still time to preorder your own copy!
Click here to preorder and please let me know what you think when you receive your copy! Just a note to share the news that I've sold my most-recent crime story, entitled "Short Con", to Mystery Weekly Magazine. No word yet on when it'll appear, but I'll be sure to spread the word when it does. In the meantime, check out the current issue, featuring a story by my friend Bruce Harris.  Here's something I've been holding onto for a couple weeks and now that BURN ME OUT is due in stores next month, I'm finally sharing it - an animated version of the cover! Animation created by Morgan Wright . I'm using the animation in a variety of places to showcase the book before the release next month, so be on the look out!
In the meantime, you can pre-order your copy at Amazon here - please be sure to share the link and tell your friends! A couple more advance reviews to share for BURN ME OUT!   Very different reactions, but both five stars! I'm very grateful for folks' kind words and I hope you'll take the time to see what you think of BURN ME OUT for yourselves!
Pre-order your own copy here on Amazon! The book's official release is in a few weeks, so please let me know what you think when you get your copy! I've sold my third Azuma Kuromori story, entitled "Angel Scales", to Occult Detective Magazine! "Angel Scales" has not yet been slotted to a specific issue as far as I know, but I'll provide more information as it's available. In the mean-time, please check out his previous adventures! Azuma's second story, "Beyond the Faded Shrine Gates", appeared in ODM number 7, published in May.  And last year saw the publication of Azuma's first story, "Shadow's Angle" in Occult Detective Magazine (formerly Quarterly) #5.  More information coming soon!
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